Dough-shaping machine.



PATENTED MAR. 28, 1905.

.V. LONCARIG. DOUGH SHAPING MACHINE( APPLICATION FILED MAY 11, 1904.Y

No. 786,64Q.

UNITED STATES Patented March l28, 1905.

PATENT OEEICE.

VNZENZ LONCARIC, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DouGH-SHAPING MAoHlVNE.

SPECIFICATION forming- Application filed May 11, 1904. Serial No. 207,386.

To LZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VINZENZ LoNcAEIc, a citizen of Austria-Hungary, residing at New York city, Manhattan, county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Tmprovements in Dough-Shaping Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a machine for rolling batches of dough into balls ready to be IO worked into rolls.

ln the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly broken away, of my improved dough-shaping machine; Fig. 2, a plan thereof; Fig. 3, a section on line 3 3, Fig.

I5 2; Fig. 4, a section on line a detail perspective view hinged lid, and Fig. 6 a detail cross-section through part of the slide.

The letter t represents a chamber supported 2O upon legs a. The open top ofthis chamber is provided with tvvo lids b, hinged at b', and provided with a ribbed or roughened surface b2, Fig. 5. The lids b may be raised into a horizontal position, Fig. l, or they may be inclined downward, dotted lines, Fig. 3. Below the lids I) are arranged a pair of chutes c, that convey the balls of dough A to a receiving table or shelf c. The lids are operated by a hand-lever d, fulcrumed to chamber (t at d. To lever d is pivoted at e' a cross-head e, free to reciprocate along a vertical guiderod f and normally raised by a spring f. Pivoted links g connect the lids I) to the crosshead c. Thus when the lever l is depressed the lids will be lowered, while when the lever is released the lids will be raised by the action of spring f.

Parallel with the top of chamber a, and intermediate the lids 7) extends a bridge It', in

which are hung a pair of shafts c', journaled in partition 7L. These shafts may simultaneously in the same direction by a handle j', fitted to the work-shaft j". Shaft j', by bevel-wheel f2 k2, rotates counter-shaft k,

which in turn, by wheels 7c c, is intergeared with shafts Upon each shaft c' is mounted being received an eccentric Z, theV eccentrics l the slide will describe a circle.

be rotated within corresponding recesses of a slide m. This slide is supported by the eccentrics above lids b, to which effect the eccentrics are provided with fanges Z', that fit corresponding recesses of the slide. In order to permit the proper assemblage of the parts, a detachable perforated plate n is sunk into slide m above eccentrics Z. The slide fm has a number of perforations m with corrugated or iiuted sides m2, Fig. 6, and arranged above lids I), the drawings, Fig. 2, showing three perforations above each lid.

In use the batches of dough are transferred i from a delivery table or shelf n to the open- 44, Eig. 2;'Eig. 5, l of portion of the ings m, so as to rest upon lids b. By now turning handle ja cyclic movement will be imparted to the slide mwa'. e., each point of By this movement the batches of dough will be quickly rolled between 4the fluted sides m2 of openings m', and the roughened lids into a spherical shape. After the operation is completed the lever l is depressed to lower lids Z) and cause the finished balls A to descend along said lids and the chutes c to the receiving-table c'.

What I claim is y l. The combination in a dough-shaping inachine of a perforated slide having a pair of recesses, with a pair of eccentrics engaging the same, means for simultaneously rotating the eccentrics, a hinged lid below the slide, and a chute below the lid, substantially as specified.

2. The combination in a dough-shaping machine of a perforatcd'slide having a pair of recesses, with a pair of eccentrics engaging the same, means for simultaneously rotating the eccentrics, a hinged lid below the slide, a spring-influenced cross-head operatively connected to the lid, a guide-rod, and a lever for operating the cross head, substantially as specified.

Signed by me at New York city, Manhattan, New York, this 10th day of May, 1904.

VTNZENZ LONCARlC. Witnesses:

WILLTAM SCHULZ, FRANK v. BRiEsEN. 

